Ferroelectric liquid crystal phase-only modulator with one ferroelectric liquid crystal spatial light modulator's smectic layers orthogonal to another's

摘要

A phase only spatial light modulating device for variably changing the phase of light passing through the device without changing the polarization of the light. Two analog state ferroelectric liquid crystal phase only spatial light modulators are placed such that their smectic layers are orthogonal to each other. The angle of the molecules in the two modulators is controlled to be at the same angle. Whereby light passing through both of the modulators obtains a phase delay for arbitrary polarized input light without amplitude modulation or change in polarization state.